Bottle.



PATENTBD MAY v, 19o?,

H. A. EVEREST.

BOTTLE.

APPLIcATIon FILED DB0. 21) um@A @Memup HOMER A. EVEREST, OF MATTAPOISETT, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

`ic'atenteo. May '7, 1907.

Application filed December-21.1906. Serial No. 349,001.

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, Henna A. Evnnnsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mattapoisett, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following' is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a Lnon-refillable bottle which will effectively withstand the various tests to which devices of this character are put, and which will effectually prevent the refilling of the bottle by any ordinary means or by various tests after the contents have once been poured out.

l/Vith this object in view, my invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following` description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of the upper portion of a bottle with my invention applied, the parts being shown as in the operation of pouring out the contents of the bottle; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts turned end for end and in a different operative position; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is a detail end view of the float.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring-to the drawing, the letter A designates a bottle and A the neck thereof which is provided with a shoulder a at its base and with a bead a above said shoulder.

The tubular ease 1 of my invention is provided near its upper edge with an annular recess 2 in which a cork band 3 nts, said band being designed for location in and locking engagement with the bead a when the case 1 is forced down into the bottle neck. Vhen in o erative position Within the bottle neck as s own in the accompanying drawing, the upper edge of the case, which is provided with a flange 4 engages the neck of the bottle just above the bead, while the lower end of the case projects slightly past the base of the neck into the body of the bottle, as shown.

At the lower end the case is provided with a downwardly facing shoulder 5 against which the cork band 6 iits, said band being pressed tightly down upon the shoulder e of the neck and with the other cork band 3 insuring a tight sealing joint between the case and the neck ol.' the bottle.

The case 1 is provided with an upper and a lower set of radially disposed outlet openings 7, 7 one set being separated from the other by a transversely extending baffle plate S, so that no instruments such as wire or the like may be inserted into the upper open end of the case and obtain access to the valve :for the purpose of holding it oil of its seat.

9 designates the valve seat which is preferably removable from the lower end of the case and screws into the case as shown. It forms with the case the shoulder 5 above referred to. This valve seat E) is of ring-like formation and preferably tapers upwardly on its inner wall and is provided around the upper edge of its opening with a slight rim 10, upon which the valve 11 is adapted to seat. The said valve is preferably of solid cork and .is slightly tapered as shown and is provided at its outer end with a small disk 12 preferably of glass. A suspension cord is secured at one end to this disk 12 and passes through the valve as shown. A Vfloat 141 which is also preferably of glass, as are all the other parts of the invention above mentioned, except the cork bands, is provided with a central pin 15 which has an aperture in which one end of the suspension cord 13 is tied and it also has a series of radial y ribs 16 extending outwardly to its edge or preferably from the central pin 15. ln its outer' side, the float 14 is vformed with a socket 17 in which the buoyant element 1S is adapted to 'lit and be held by frictional engagement. This buoyant element is composed preferably of cork. The lower end of the case 1 is provided with longitudinally extending guide ribs 1.9 vfor the valve and with a pin 20 which depends centrally from the baffle plate S in order to engage with the valve when the latter is moved oli of its seat.

In the practicalv opera-tien of my improved bottle, it is evident that the bottle may be emptied of its contents and that the latter may ilow Vfreely therefrom by inverting the bottle to a certain degree, which willresult in the 'Iloat automatically moving to the position shown in Fig. 1 where its radial ribs 16 rest on the edge of the valve seat or ring 9.

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Until the bottle has been so inverted as to permit the float to rise into this position, the said float will assume a position where it hangs down obliquely from said edge as illustrated in Fig. 2, and it will therefore hold the valve to its seat, which will effectively prevent the bottle from being filled by submersion. As above stated, the contents will flow out past the valve seat and valve, and around through the outlet opening 7 and through the outer open end ofthe case 1.

If an attempt be made to refill the bottle by submersion, it is evident that it will be foiled by the construction whereby the float will hold the valve securely to its seat on the rim 10, because the said float will hang down over the edge of the valve seat 9 as above stated and the proportions of the parts are such with respect to the length of the suspension member and the central pin 13 that so long as the float is hanging partially over the valve seat, as shown, the valve will be held tightlyT against the rim 10. Again, if an attempt be made to fill the bottle under pressure, it is evident that this attempt will also be foiled, because the pressure will at once seat the cork valve and the higher the pressure, the more tightly will the valve hug its seat.

All the parts of the improvement are made of glass or cork, and it is therefore obvious that the device may be used with liquors and other liquids, without injuriously affecting the same.

From the Jforegoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that Ivhave provided a very simple, efficient and sure construction of non-reiillable bottle, which is composed of comparatively few parts that may be easily manufactured and readily assembled.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a case adapted to ht within the neck of a bottle and provided in its lower end with a valve seat, a buoyant valve adapted to rest upon said seat, a flexible suspension member connected to said valve and extending through the valve seat, and a float connected to said suspension member and provided with a central pin and a series of radial ribs adapted to rest upon the outer edge of the valve seat so as to permit the liquid to flow in an outward direction through the valve seat and past the valve, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination of a tubular casing within the neck of a bottle, said casing being provided in its lower end with a valve seat, a cork valve adapted to fit on said seat and provided at its outer end with a button, a suspension member connected to said button and extending through the valve and also through the valve seat, a float provided with a central pin secured to the outer end of said suspension memberand with a series of radial ribs extending from said pin, the portion of the pin and the length of thesuspension member being such that when the valve is on its seat, said float will hang in an oblique position with respect to the plane of the valve seat.

3. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination of a bottle neck provided at its'base with a shoulder and having a bead above said shoulder, atubular case provided near its upper edge with an annular recess and a cork band fitting in said recess and arranged for locking engagement with said bead, the case being provided near its lower end with a downwardly facing shoulder, and a cork band encircling its lower end and resting against said shoulder and adapted to be pressed into engagement with the bottle neck above the shoulder of the latter, a ring-like valve seat having a detachable connection with the lower end of said valve seat, with a tapering cork valve adapted to rest on said seat, a suspension cord secured to said valve and passing through said seat, and a float, the body of which is provided with a central pin secured to the suspension cord and with a f series of radial ribs extending outwardly from said pin, and also provided with a socket in its outer face, and a buoyant element held in said socket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOMER A. EVEREST. I/Vitnesses:

W. N. I/VooDsoN, FREDERICK S. STITT. 

